The department store’s collapse in April has affected 11,000 jobs, 22,000 pensions, sparked a lengthy parliamentary inquiry and left its high-profile former owners potentially facing a criminal investigation.

Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has borne the brunt of the public fallout, having been branded the “unacceptable face of capitalism” by furious MPs.

Sir Philip owned BHS for 15 years before selling it to serial bankrupt Dominic Chappell for £1 in 2015.

Sir Philip has come under fire for taking more than £400m in dividends from the chain, leaving it with a £571m pension deficit and for selling it to a man with no retail experience.

Veteran Labour MP Frank Field has asked the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to launch a formal investigation into the pair to ascertain if any criminal wrongdoing occurred during the sale of the chain and throughout their respective ownerships.

It has also emerged that Mr Field is probing Sir Philip’s Arcadia retail empire, which includes popular high street fashion store Topshop.

BHS shops facing closure in Yorkshire are in Wakefield, Leeds city centre, the White Rose shopping centre and Meadowhall in Sheffield. Scunthorpe, Rotherham and Chesterfield have already closed.

Doncaster’s store at Frenchgate Shopping Centre will be among the last to close in the country.